The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter, on Tuesday mourned the passage of its Senatorial Woman Leader in Ondo South Senatorial District, and former Chairman of Ile-Oluji/ Okeigbo Local Government, Mrs Yetunde Dada.
A statement on Wednesday, by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, said that the party received the news of the sudden death of Hon (Mrs) Yetunde Dada as a rude shock, adding: “It struck our ranks like a thunder bolt.”
Mrs Dada was reported to have died on Lokoja-Abuja road from a ghastly auto crash, that claimed the lives of six other persons.
The statement described the anguish and pain occasioned by this death is indescribable, saying: “The torrent of tears since the news broke have been uncontrollable across the length and breadth of Ondo State.
“Yetunde Dada distinguished herself during her tenure as Chairman of Ile-Oluji/ Okeigbo Local Government. She was the Treasurer of the Ondo State Chapter of Association Of Local Governments of Nigeria ( ALGON).
“Up till her departure, she was the Senatorial Woman Leader of PDP, Ondo South. A great grassroots mobiliser, a strong voice for women participation in politics has taken a final bow.
“May God Almighty grant her immediate family, her extended family, the people of Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency, and indeed the entire PDP family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
“We lost an Amazon.
“Good night Yetunde.”
